Parachutist killed after mid-air collision

One person is dead and another has been injured after a parachuting accident at the Tooradin airfield, south-east of Melbourne.

It is believed the man collided with another man mid-air around 9.00am (AEST) on Sunday.

His parachute partially deflated and he crashed to the ground.

Bystanders performed CPR on the man but were unable to revive him.

The other man, in his early 20s, has been flown to a Melbourne hospital with leg fractures and cuts to his face.

Ambulance Victoria spokesman David Llewellyn says the pair had jumped a number of times before.

"[It is] a real tragedy. What should have been a Sunday morning outing, where they've got together with many other friends at the skydiving club and gone on numerous jumps throughout the day, has just devastated everyone there down at the club," he said